IELTS Task 1 Sentence Building 1 Presentation Transcript

1. Sentence Building Begin by deciding the information you want to describe: The number of Japanese tourists travelling abroad. Then write a simple sentence to state the main fact: 2. Sentence Building (1) The number of Japanese tourists who travelled abroad increased from 5 million to 15 million. Then you ask questions to make the sentence more detailed and interesting: 3. Sentence Building (1) The number of Japanese tourists who travelled abroad increased from 5 million to 15 million. When? 4. Sentence Building (1) The number of Japanese tourists who travelled abroad increased from 5 million to 15 million between 1985 and 1995. 5. Sentence Building (1) The number of Japanese tourists who travelled abroad increased from 5 million to 15 million between 1985 and 1995. Exactly this number? 6. Sentence Building (1) The number of Japanese tourists who travelled abroad increased from just under 5 million to over 15 million between 1985 and 1995. 7. Sentence Building (1) The number of Japanese tourists who travelled abroad increased from just under 5 million to over 15 million between 1985 and 1995. Adverb? 8. Sentence Building (1) The number of Japanese tourists who travelled abroad increased dramatically from just under 5 million to over 15 million between 1985 and 1995. 9. Sentence Building (1) The number of Japanese tourists who travelled abroad increased dramatically from just under 5 million to over 15 million between 1985 and 1995. Rephrase information with noun.. 10. Sentence Building (1) The number of Japanese tourists increased dramatically from just under 5 million to over 15 million between 1985 and 1995, a rise of more than 10 million in 10 years. 11. Sentence Building (1) The number of Japanese tourists increased dramatically from just under 5 million to over 15 million between 1985 and 1995, a rise of more than 10 million in 10 years. This is a much better sentence easy and with NO mistakes! 12. Sentence Building (1) The number of Japanese tourists increased dramatically from just under 5 million to over 15 million between 1985 and 1995, a rise of more than 10 million in 10 years. Can we begin the sentence with noun? (This is for a change of style to avoid repeating ourselves.) 13. Sentence Building (1) There was a dramatic increase in the number of Japanese tourists who travelled abroad from just under 5 million to over 15 million between 1985 and 1995, a rise of more than 10 million in 10 years. 14. Sentence Building (1) There was a dramatic increase in the number of Japanese tourists who travelled abroad from just under 5 million to over 15 million between 1985 and 1995, a rise of more than 10 million in 10 years. Another good sentence! Look at the next slide to see the checklist. 15. Sentence Building (1) Key questions: 1 What is the basic fact? 2 Time (When? Exactly) 3 Numbers much / many? (Exactly) 4 Can we use an adverb? Rephrase with noun / verb Can we begin sentence with noun? 16. Sentence Building (1) Now go back to the beginning and see if you can remember (and even write) the next part of the sentence before looking at it on the slide.